Comments on: Making Deals, without the Devil.

By: Cari Noga

Cari Noga — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:04:06 +0000

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BLUSH. And…GRIN.

Thanks, and backatcha!
Cari

By: Julie Roads

Julie Roads — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:29:32 +0000

Thanks Craig, Erika and ennasnosrap! Love giving you things to think about…

By: Julie Roads

Julie Roads — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:28:18 +0000

Cari! I love that! I hadn’t realized it, but I also just learned the same lesson (changing ‘why is this happening TO me’ to ‘why is this happening FOR me’) – and I must have subliminally pulled it into this post.

And…field hockey players are the coolest chicks on the planet – HANDS DOWN. The skirts are hot, so are the mouth guards.

We really are long lost somethings…eh?

For those of you reading these comments – Cari is a PHENOMENAL writer!!!

By: Cari Noga

Cari Noga — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:18:16 +0000

Nicely said – and admirable to admit that you have habits you want to break. Yours is a different slant on relevant advice I recently received: When things look bad, reframe the question. Example: Instead of asking why something happens to you, ask for what purpose. Reframing can move you from a passive to active position w/regard to the circumstances – just like refusing to do deceptive deals.

I also noted one more thing I can’t believe we have in common – you played field hockey, too! Who plays field hockey? No one, yet here are two writers who can lay claim to once engaging in athletics while wearing skirts.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Cari

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:57:02 +0000

Wow! Julie, I hope you’ve had this idea rolling around for a while. Even if I’d had a similar thought (as you did while rollerblading), I’m not certain I could have articulated it, nor would I have connected to any particular reasoning or previous examples. Good work! A great lesson, and something to think about!

By: Erika

Erika — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:44:38 +0000

such wise insight Julie. always right on.

By: ennasnosrap

ennasnosrap — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:09:49 +0000

I loved this, Julie. Great twist on the old mind game – empowering indeed!

By: Julie Roads

Julie Roads — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:48:18 +0000

Yeah, to me, this isn’t an alternative to the hard push…it’s just a mentally kinder game.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:46:52 +0000

Deals with the Devil are easier… I’ll have no use for my soul, should it ACTUALLY exist, when I’m dead. I’ll be going to HELL, STRAIGHT TO HELL!! MWHAH HA HA!!

Push yourself as hard as U can. If U break, U needed fixing anyway. That’s my motto.